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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | SCHEDULE II QIAGEN N.V. AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE II—VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2012, 2011 AND 2010
(in thousands) | Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Provision Charged to Expense |  | Write-Offs |  | Foreign Exchange and Other |  | Balance at End of Year
Year Ended December 31, 2010: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 3,402 |  |  | $ | 1,444 |  |  | $ | (771 | ) |  | $ | (848 | ) |  | $ | 3,227 |
Year Ended December 31, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 3,227 |  |  | $ | 2,131 |  |  | $ | (593 | ) |  | $ | (450 | ) |  | $ | 4,315 |
Year Ended December 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 4,315 |  |  | $ | 1,048 |  |  | $ | (240 | ) |  | $ | 98 |  |  | $ | 5,221 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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